WAM @ CAPITOL LOS ANGELES 2018 - Women's Audio Mission

WAM @ CAPITOL
LOS ANGELES 2018
      WOMEN'S IMMERSIVE
  RECORDING ARTS CONFERENCE

PROGRAM
               • JUNE 9, 2018 @ CAPITOL •

                   12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
                     Registration

                    1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
              Welcome by Terri Winston
              (Women's Audio Mission)

                    1:10 PM - 1:25 PM
  Introduction by Paula Salvatore (Capitol Studios)

                    1:25 PM - 1:55 PM
                 Conversation with
      Michelle Jubelirer (Capitol Music Group)
   and Jennifer Baltimore (Universal Music Group),
          moderated by Katie Fahey (WAM)

                    1:55 PM - 2:35 PM
    Conversation with Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica,
      Michel'Le Baptiste, Blush, Amanda Davis,
          Jane Handcock, and TRAKGIRL,
         moderated by Terri Winston (WAM)

                   2:50 PM - 5:20 PM
       Mixing, Beat Making, Studio Tracking, and
                Songwriting Workshops

                   5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
                     Reception
              DJ'd by Girls Make Beats

WOMEN'S IMMERSIVE RECORDING ARTS
          CONFERENCE

PROGRAM
                         • JUNE 9, 2018 @ CAPITOL •

               DETAILED WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

2:50 PM -     Deconstructing a Mix - Watch Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica break
              down a mix and explain her process of mixing hits for artists from
4:00 PM       Beyoncé to Usher to Madonna (Studio A Control Room)
              Life on Tour for a Live Sound Engineer - Learn what it is like to be
              Front of House (FOH) engineer on tour with Janelle Monáe with
              Amanda Davis (Studio B Café)
              Studio Session - Recording Drums - Experience a high-level drum
              recording session with Terri Winston and the amazing professional
              drummer Michel'Le Baptiste (Studio B)
              Writing Hit Songs I - Learn how the songs for Meghan Trainor,
              Macy Gray, and K. Michelle were crafted by the Disney Songwriter
              Blush (Studio A Lounge)
              Writing Hit Songs II - Hear how Jane Handcock collaborated to
              create original songs for Raphael Saddiq and Rick Ross (Gogerty
              1st Floor Conference Room)
              Producing Beats - Watch TRAKGIRL deconstruct beats and learn
              how she builds tracks for artists like Jhene Aiko and Luke James
              (9th Floor Conference Room)

4:10 PM -     Deconstructing a Mix - Watch Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica break
              down a mix and explain her process of mixing hits for artists from
5:20 PM       Beyoncé to Usher to Madonna (Studio A Control Room)
              Studio Session - Recording Drums - Experience a high-level drum
              recording session with Terri Winston and the amazing professional
              drummer Michel'Le Baptiste (Studio B)
              Writing Hit Songs I - Learn how the songs for Meghan Trainor,
              Macy Gray, and K. Michelle were crafted by the Disney Songwriter
              Blush (Studio A Lounge)
              Writing Hit Songs II - Hear how Jane Handcock collaborated to
              create original songs for Raphael Saddiq and Rick Ross (Gogerty
              1st Floor Conference Room)
              Producing Beats - Watch TRAKGIRL deconstruct beats and learn
              how she builds tracks for artists like Jhene Aiko and Luke James
              (9th Floor Conference Room)

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    WOMEN'S IMMERSIVE RECORDING ARTS
              CONFERENCE

FEATURED ENGINEERS &
 MUSIC PROFESSIONALS
MARCELLA "MS. LAGO" ARAICA
Pioneering powerhouse, Marcella “Ms. Lago” Araica, has burgeoned into a
towering beacon of talent as one of the music industry’s hottest, most
prolific sound engineers. Credited for mixing over 100 chart-topping tunes,
Marcella has worked with world-renowned musical icons such as Beyoncé,
Britney Spears, Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Usher, Joe Jonas and Missy Elliot,
along with super producers Timbaland, Danja, and Polow Da Don. In a few
years, she has accomplished what most strive to achieve in a lifetime. "Ms.
Lago" works with thriving independent label, N.A.R.S. (New Age Rock Stars),
and the newly built recording studio DREAM ASYLUM STUDIOS in Miami.

JENNIFER BALTIMORE
Jennifer Baltimore is Sr. VP of Business & Legal Affairs at Universal Music
Group (UMG), where she focuses on film and television initiatives, live events
and direct-to-consumer offerings. She supports UMG’s Executive
Management Board on global projects that leverage the company’s diverse
artist roster and catalogs. Baltimore joined UMG in 2016 after a decade of
working in the digital arena with AOL/Verizon, Hearst and Fox Interactive
Media. She also served as Deputy General Counsel of Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts. Baltimore received her B.A. in Economics, with a French
minor, from University of Pennsylvania, and her J.D. from Duke University
School of Law. She is a member of Corporate Counsel Women of Color.

MICHEL'LE BAPTISTE
Michel’Le Baptiste is an award-winning drummer and vocalist from Houston,
Texas. She started playing drums at two years old, performing at church,
school, and other gigs. A graduate of Berklee College of Music with a
Bachelor’s of Music, Baptiste has performed with a star-studded list of
artists, including Beyoncé, Fifth Harmony, Chloe x Halle, Ashley Rodriguez,
Harvey Mason, Harry Belafonte, and more. Some of her many awards include
the North American Scholarship Tour for Berklee College of Music Awards:
All State Jazz Band 2006-2008, North Texas State Jazz Festival 2007,
University of Houston Outstanding Musician Award, and more.

BLUSH
Bianca Deiandra Atterberry, known as Blush, is a singer and songwriter. Her
interest in music started young, as she sang in her church's youth choir and
performed in talent shows around Fort Dix, New Jersey, where her family
lived. After relocating to Pittsburgh, she studied voice at Pittsburgh ʼ s High
School for Creative and Performing Arts. Since her debut, Blush has written
for artists such as Keke Palmer, Meghan Trainor, Pia Mia, Angie Stone, Rick
Ross, Elijah Blake, Sevyn Streeter, and K.Michelle whom she Executive
Produced and wrote every song on her album “Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart”.
Currently, Blush is completing her EP “Songs That Make You”.

AMANDA DAVIS
Amanda Davis is Front of House (FOH) engineer for Janelle Monáe and FOH
engineer & Production Manager for Tegan and Sara. Davis has mixed for
artists like Prince, Stevie Wonder, Wale, Jidenna, Olivia Newton John, SWV,
and R. Kelly and at famous venues such as the White House, Madison Square
Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Good Morning America, The
Today Show, Saturday Night Live, BET Awards, and American Idol. Davis
holds a BA in Music from Roosevelt University and is a graduate of SAE
Institute. Upon graduating, Davis was hired as SAE Atlanta’s first female Lab
Supervisor and became their first female Music Theory instructor.

FEATURED ENGINEERS &
 MUSIC PROFESSIONALS
JANE HANDCOCK
Jane Handcock is an Oakland-bred and Richmond, CA-raised
singer/songwriter. After graduating from Oakland School for the Arts, she
relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to write with singer/songwriter/rapper, Adrian
Marcel. Handcock has been featured on Rick Ross’ album “Rather You Than
Me,” co-written songs with artist Raphael Saadiq, and collaborated with
many artists/producers such as Justice League, James Fauntleroy, Waka
Flocka, and Kelly Rowland. Handcock recently released her first two
mixtapes, “Truth Be Told” and “Truth Explains A Lot (T.E.A)”, which bridges
her love of Bay Area hip-hop and Atlanta’s trap scene.

MICHELLE JUBELIRER
Michelle Jubelirer has been COO of Capitol Music Group since 2015. Her
numerous responsibilities include overseeing business and legal affairs,
A&R administration, and release planning for Capitol, and for CMG’s label
imprints: Astralwerks, Blue Note, Caroline, and Harvest. Michelle began her
career as an attorney at New York’s Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in 1999
before joining Sony Music in 2003. She moved to Los Angeles in 2005 where
she served as a Partner at King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner for nearly five
years. She joined Capitol Music Group as Executive Vice President in 2013.

PAULA SALVATORE
Paula has been an anchor of excellence in the L.A. recording world for many
years, and is held in high esteem amongst her colleagues. As Vice President
of Capitol Studios since the early nineties, she has become an integral part
of recording sessions for top-line artists. Her clients include Paul McCartney,
James Taylor, Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Jack White and Michael Bublé, to
name a few.

TRAKGIRL
Shakari "TRAKGIRL” Boles is a versatile and dynamic music producer,
songwriter, entrepreneur, tech enthusiast. Recent works include Jhene
Aiko’s “Overstimulated”, Luke James’ “Bad News”, “Pearls”, & “Black Jesus”,
Harlem’s Crystal Caines, King Chip’s “Queen”, co-produced by DJ Dahi and
AX Diamonds, “Mansions on the Moons”, “Where You Are”, and “Recover” by
Anais Aida. TRAKGIRL also launched lifestyle brand, PAY US TODAY,
promoting fair pay and business practices for creatives and producers. She
has been featured in BET's new digital docu-series “Beauty & The Beats",
NYLON, L.A. Times, ID magazine, The Fader, Complex, Huffington Post, Saint
Heron and more.

TERRI WINSTON
Terri Winston is Founder & Executive Director of Women's Audio Mission
and former Professor & Director of the Sound Recording Arts Program at City
College of San Francisco. Her career as a songwriter, composer, recording
engineer, and producer spans 30 years. Winston was signed by Polygram and
BMG, and shared the stage with P.J. Harvey, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Flaming
Lips and Fugazi. In the studio she has worked with Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith),
Greg Hawkes of The Cars, Kronos Quartet, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Wu
Man, and Tanya Tagaq. Winston holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from
Purdue University.

Dear WAM at Capitol Friends,

Thank you for being a part of this breakthrough conference for women in the
recording arts at the legendary Capitol Studios! Women's Audio Mission is thrilled to
partner with Capitol Music Group and Studios on this event, featuring some of the
world's top women engineers, producers, songwriters and music executives.

I founded Women's Audio Mission (WAM) in 2003 in response to two critical issues:

1. Less than 5% of the people creating the sounds, music, and media in the daily
soundtrack of our lives are women.

2. The alarming 70% decline in women/girls enrolling in college STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs since the year 2000.

I started WAM with what I had: a shopping cart full of audio gear that I wheeled
around from classroom to classroom, teaching young women and girls how to use
technology to express themselves. Now, WAM has grown into multiple world-class
training and recording environments that inspire over 1,500 women and girls every
year to amplify their voices and become the innovators of tomorrow. WAM has placed
over 650 women in audio positions at places like Dolby, Pixar, Electronic Arts, Google
and on recording projects with Tracy Chapman, Mary J Blige, tUne-Yards, and more.

Women’s Audio Mission thanks Capitol Music Group and Universal Music Group for
their collaboration on this special event. We are also grateful to the Recording
Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing for their support.

Terri Winston
Executive Director, Women's Audio Mission

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